- Date
- October 15, 1983, 17:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Rockport, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N75794Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831015057859A
- Case key
- 21193
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Light condition - duskFactor
Object - vehicleFactor
Clearance - misjudgedCause
Analysis
While the plt was taxiing towards the rwy at dusk to depart, the right wing tip of the acft hit the windshield of a parked fuel truck.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75794
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17267954
- Airframe hours
- 1,150
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gafford Kent
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1982
- Destination
- Pearland, TX
- Airport
- RKP · Aransas Co., runway 14, 5,600 × 150 ft, concrete
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 193 total · 100 in this make and model · 193 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 150° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.